After Wang Xian's advice, Wei Zhixian felt that the situation was not that bad again. Looking at this young man who was more than ten years younger than himself, he became more fond of this young man, and he said with enthusiasm: "Wang Xian, do you have a reputation?
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"Taifu?" Wang Xian was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and said: "This subordinate has never been to school, so how can he have a famous name?"
"I'll give you one," Wei Zhixian said with a smile.
"Ah..." Wang Xian was stunned, wondering what he was doing.
"Why don't you thank me, sir!" Sima Qiu poked him again and said, "I'm just giving you the word to accept you as my student."
"Ah..." Wang Xianxin said so suddenly, I haven't thought about the pros and cons yet. I thought quickly and quickly calculated... I became a teacher and student with the magistrate, and then I left Fuyang County sideways. And Wei Magistrate
At such a young age, there is probably no upper limit to his career. If he follows him, he will surely gain glory.
Of course, there are disadvantages. Wei Yuan is a Taoist, and he is very happy with his achievements. If you get involved with him, you will inevitably suffer consequences in the future. If not, you may have to pay for your wealth and life...
"Look at this kid, he's so happy." Seeing that he looked like a fool, Sima Qiu said with a smile: "The eldest master is a second-ranked Jinshi. His moral articles are praised even by the current emperor. Now he has the idea of accepting a disciple. This is
You have been blessed in your previous life, yet you still don’t kowtow and become a disciple?”
"Ah, yes..." There will be blessings and misfortunes in the future, but now I dare to say no, why should I still hang out in Fuyang County? Wang Xian had no choice but to look surprised, knelt down and kowtowed three times, pretending to shed tears of gratitude: "
Teacher is here, please accept the students' respect!"
Wei Zhixian sat upright and accepted his great gift. He also took the tea from Wang Xian and took a sip. It was considered that he had completed the apprenticeship ceremony. Fang slowly said: "Shuowen said that a virtuous person is a man of many talents. You
I can afford this word. But talent is only for practical purposes. It must be based on virtue, that is, if you have both virtue and talent, you can be called the middle way. Since you are the second among brothers, let’s call you ‘Zhongde’!”
"Zhongde thanks my mentor for giving me the name!" Wang Xian said excitedly.
"Haha..." Wei Zhixian smiled and said: "Zhongde, although you are very smart, you have read too little. If you don't study, how can you be considered a disciple of my saint? When you have time for official duties in the future, you should read more classics and history. If you don't understand anything, you can come here at any time.
Ask me about my teacher..." He paused and then said: "My teacher suddenly became interested in talents and accepted you as his student, but selfless friendship in public circles is a bit taboo..."
"Students must strictly keep secrets," Wang Xian promised hurriedly: "We will not spread it everywhere."
"That's very good, but in private, teachers and students can still be on a par with each other." Wei Zhixian nodded, then returned to the topic and asked, "Have you calculated the results?"
"Reply to the teacher." Wang Xian picked up the list in his hand and reported the accounts: "The accounts show that the Yongfeng warehouse has 9,312 shi of grain, and the old grain for sale is 2,710 shi, seven buckets and five ounces, and the remaining
Six thousand six hundred shi. Of these 6600 shi, new grain accounts for 1100 shi, and the rest is old grain. The problem lies in these old grains. According to sampling, only 40% is still edible, and the rest is old grain.
It’s all old grain and can’t be eaten anymore.”
"It's almost as expected." Wei Zhixian nodded and said, "How come there are so many old grains?"
"The reason is not complicated." Wang Xian has clearly seen their tricks through the flow of accounts. "As long as the grain depot and the grain merchants collude, when the old grain is sold every year, the grain merchants will bid for it, but not
Transport away the old grain. Because the warehouse needs to be replenished at the same time as the sale, the grain depot will buy the old grain back from the grain merchant. In fact, during the buying and selling process, the old grain does not leave the grain depot. However, something happens between the grain depot and the grain merchant.
Two book transactions were made. The grain merchants spent very little money on buying old grain, but the government paid the price of buying new grain. The difference in price was huge, and the spoils were divided among the worms."
"The grain doesn't move, but they can defraud a large amount of income every year. These people are really smart!" Sima Qiu said with emotion. But in his heart, he couldn't help but regret that such a good opportunity to make money was spoiled by these two idiots.
Already...
"It's not that we won't stay still. Some of the old grains that cannot be stored will still be disposed of." Wang Xiandao: "But the grains that are brought in are also old grains that cannot be sold by grain dealers, and are also mixed with sand, white ash, and old grains.
Chen Xiangyin is naturally full of years of old grain."
"A group of people who have no laws!" Weizhi County was full of justice, but was soon buried in reality and said: "So, we want them to make up for 3,300 shi of food?"
"It's six thousand dan, and there are 2,700 dan of old grain that we have to deal with this year." Wang Xian sighed: "And those profiteers are so used to using their hands empty-handed that they probably won't be able to get even a thousand dan."
"How to deal with the five thousand stones?" Wei Zhixian asked anxiously.
"I can only find a way to buy it." Wang Xian said softly: "But I don't have that much money in my account, and I can't afford it even if I sell it."
"The county cannot provide this money, we have to let them provide it!" Wei Zhixian said bitterly: "They have been greedy for so many years, we can't give them an advantage!"
"Yes." Wang Xian frowned and said: "Then we must hurry up. This number is too big. There was still some hope two months ago. Now that we have entered the twelfth lunar month, grain merchants everywhere have begun to hesitate to sell..."
"No matter what, it must be settled before the end of the year! The time for the last batch of grain to enter the warehouse must not exceed the first month!" Wei Zhixian said decisively: "You are fully responsible for this matter, and you can take all measures if necessary!"
"Yes." Wang Xianxin said, knowing that he would dump this mess on me.
After Wang Xian went out, Sima Qiufang asked: "Why did Dong Weng have the idea of accepting a disciple?"
"Actually, it's not impulsive. The official world is dangerous. Wherever you go, you will be defeated by the few and the guest is the host. How can you do it without a good helper?" Wei Zhixian sighed: "This Wang Xian is a strange person. He is young, but he is so profound.
He is experienced and resourceful. He is a good helper given to me by God. I have to keep him tight!"
"I see..." Sima Qiu said sadly, then who am I? Am I your bastard?
Wei Zhixian smelled the jealousy and tried to persuade him with a smile: "Sir is my officer's Xiao He, he is my officer's Zhang Liang, and you are more important, but they must be twisted into one."
"Yes." Unexpectedly, Sima Qiu felt even more sad. He originally said that I was Zhang Liang's...
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After arranging the office the next day, Wang Xian went to Yongfengcang again. Wu Wei and others were still on duty there. Fortunately, there was no incident or leakage overnight.
"Go back to bed." Wang Xian looked at his tired and dirty subordinates and said, "You don't have to go to work today."
The crowd cheered, and the birds and beasts scattered. Wang Xian took another look at the cowering warehouse official and said, "Where is your master?"
"My stomach hurts," the warehouseman replied hurriedly, "I had vomiting and diarrhea after I came back. I just fell asleep after struggling all night."
"It's strange that he can sleep." Wang Xian sneered.
"Yes, he said that the master is here and can wake him up at any time." The warehouse official said hurriedly.
"Then why are you still standing there!" Qin Shou glared.
A moment later, in the duty room of the Cang Ambassador, Wang Xian smiled and looked at Du Ziteng, whose face was sallow, as if he had been stepped on by an elephant, and said, "How does it taste?"
"Oh, it's like dying for once," Du Ziteng said dejectedly: "But thank you brother, I won't be sitting here talking to you today."
"As long as I don't hold grudges," Wang Xian said with a nonchalant smile.
"How can you not? You are also on a mission." Regardless of whether it was true or false, Du Ziteng denied it, and asked casually: "I wonder what the eldest master means?"
"What the eldest master means is that we need to replenish the food as soon as possible." Wang Xian said lightly: "It's easy to say no matter how hard it is to replenish the food. Otherwise, don't blame him for being unkind."
"I'll call Zhou Yang and the others." Du Ziteng sent someone to call a grain merchant to Yongfeng Warehouse. Before a few people came, Wang Xian asked Du Ziteng how he had been able to cope with the situation in these years.
"Actually, there is no secret. You will get it naturally after you have worked for many years." Du Ziteng said: "The daily expenses of the granary are two items, one is credit during the spring famine, and the other is selling rice to lower the price when food prices are too high. The former every year
The maximum is no more than a thousand dan. I will definitely prepare this piece." After a pause, Fang said: "As for selling rice, the granary will deliberately use old rice to sell rice. Southerners are very particular about eating rice, and the people of Fuyang are rich.
If you don't even look at the old rice mixed with sand, it will naturally not affect the price of food."
"You haven't thought about what if you need to open a warehouse to store grain?" Wang Xian asked.
"I don't want money or my life." Du Ziteng said with a wry smile: "But our Fuyang is different from other places. Most people buy rice to eat, so the price of grain is naturally much higher than elsewhere. Businessmen are seeking profits, and grain merchants everywhere give priority to selling grain.
Giving it to Fuyang means that the people will just spend more money so that they will not go hungry."
"If the whole province is short of food, what will the government do to control the outflow of food?" Wang Xian asked, "What should we do in Fuyang?"
"This," Du Ziteng muttered: "If Zhejiang is short of food, there will definitely be chaos first, and then the only way to escape is..."
"What if the world is not in chaos, but Zhejiang is short of food?" Wang Xian sneered.
"How is it possible..." Seeing that he had angered Wang Xian, Du Ziteng hurriedly changed his words: "If this kind of thing can happen, brother has no choice but to admit defeat." He sighed: "Brother, you are not familiar with the situation, Chang Ping
Only in the north can warehouses be taken seriously. In our land of plenty and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, food cannot be stored for a long time, so Changping warehouses are actually of little use. They are all regarded as cash cows for states and counties, and Yongfeng warehouse is not an exception."
Wang Xian was silent. This Du Ziteng was not very courageous, but he dared to act like a hamster. You can imagine the situation in other states and counties...
"No matter what other states and counties are like, Changpingcang in Fuyang must have life-saving food!" Wang Xian knew very well that if all the ways to make money were blocked, this group of people would be at odds with him. What's more, he also
I don’t have the consciousness to be a god, I just don’t want to risk losing my head at any time, and I don’t want to give birth to a son without an asshole.
Du Ziteng was overjoyed when he heard this. Of course he heard the implication of Wang Xian's words... We must prepare food for shortages, but I don't care how you sell it!